Voice/Tone/Trust Building

Get The Blah Blah Out of Your Marketing

Thumbnail image for Get The Blah Blah Out of Your Marketing by Michael Katz May 16, 2013

Great marketing is more than just a bunch of fancy words strung together (if it were that simple, I could write “tuxedo lucrative jubilee” and you’d be sold). But I understand. The desire to write “good marketing copy” can get in the way of clear, logical messages. This two-minute video offers one bad example and [...]

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Every Story Tells A Picture

Thumbnail image for Every Story Tells A Picture by Michael Katz May 10, 2013

I’ll be honest with you. There are two things I don’t like very much: waking up early and dressing up formally. And yet there I was this past Tuesday morning, getting into my car at 6:30am, all shaved and showered in full, sport-coat-wearing, business attire. I was on my way to an early morning networking [...]

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How to Improve Your Mass Mailings

Thumbnail image for How to Improve Your Mass Mailings by Michael Katz November 9, 2012

When it comes to staying in touch with your network of relationships, bulk messages – whether sent as email, video, hard copy or in some other format – are an important tool. But just because these are sent en masse, and whether your writing relies on overused French phrases or not, it doesn’t mean you [...]

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Show Some Style

Thumbnail image for Show Some Style by Michael Katz November 8, 2012

I’ve never tried to disguise my love for my Roomba, a robotic vacuum cleaner that gets the job done while perplexing both my dog (who can’t figure out what it is) and my family (who can’t figure out why I love it so much). That’s one of the reasons this editorial in last Sunday’s Boston [...]

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Running On Empty

Thumbnail image for Running On Empty by Michael Katz November 1, 2012

You’ll be pleased to learn that here in 2012, I’ve gone ten months without writing a single word about the upcoming presidential election. Unfortunately, my streak is about to come to a screeching halt. Because with the big day finally upon us, I feel compelled to point out two important things, both of which have [...]

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